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To: kash johal who wrote (81005)	5/16/1999 5:57:00 PM
From: Amy J	Respond to of 186894

Hi Kash, Thanks. Unrelated, I typed "chips" instead of "company," which may have made the meaning a bit confusing. Amy J

To: kash johal who wrote (81005)	5/16/1999 10:12:00 PM
From: Black-Scholes	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 186894

Guys and Gals, I can't allow this to continue uncontested. Simple fact: To date, QUALITY Mpeg2 encoding is one the most complicated algorithms. I've said this before: Quite a few venerable companies (LSI, STS, Sony, Toshiba) have attempted encoding and have either given-up and/or produced an inferior product to C-Cubes. IBM has an encoding solution but it is far more expensive and it is still not the quality of C-Cube's. But please don't take my word for it - confirm it yourself. My point is, CUBE's technology is far enough above their competitors that INTC would have a tough time "going to the marketplace" to buy a less expensive equivalent entre. As far as software encoding: To date, software encoding is extremely problematic at best and plain doesn't work at worst. And it clearly will not work in small hand-held devices for years to come. J. Fied over on the CUBE thread had an inspirational idea: Divicom should sell their patented "best-of-breed" compression algorithms and MPEG2 video networking software to a Qualcom or the like and BINGO! We instantly have "video mobile phones" as a proud new member in the high-tech marketplace. Anyway, I'm digressing. Amy J. if INTC wants a quick entry into th MPEG2 digital video networking world, CUBE is their best play. I truly believe that arriving first to this emerging market is the key to winning it.